Monthly Archives: December 2009
#66 – Westvleteren 12
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10.2 % My last beer in Belgium on this trip was always going to be a bit special. In 2005 there was something of a media frenzy whipped up when the Westvleteren 12 was again voted … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, Trappist Beer, Westvleteren
Tagged as 10, 8, Abbey, beer, blonde, cafeteria, Chimay, In de Vrede, Poperinge, Rate Beer, Rochefort, St Sixtus, Trappist, Westvleteren
#65 – La Moneuse
Size: 375 ml ABV: 8 % There is a most definite morbidity amongst the Belgians. We have already come across and drunk beers known as Judas (#5) and Duvel (#34), and learnt of others called Satan and Lucifer. While there … Continue reading →
#64 – Deugniet
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Deugniet tends to have three English translations. Originally this would mean a good-for-nothing, usually it would mean a rascal or a scamp, and occasionally it might mean a knave or a jester. If … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Tripel, Du Bocq
Tagged as Belgian beer, brewery tour, Deugniet, Du Bocq, jester, knave, St. Feuillien
#63 – La Gauloise Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.1 % My second beer in the Purnode campsite was another local brew from just across the way – La Gauloise Brune. This is a beer that celebrates the many Gallo-Roman sites in the locality, and … Continue reading →
#62 – Belle-Vue Gueuze
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.2 % I introduced gueuze after reviewing Timmermans Traditional Gueuze (#12) and this was another of those more sweetened lambics for the mass markets. After a few heavy days driving on the road back from Italy, … Continue reading →
#61 – La Guillotine
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % La Guillotine by Huyghe is a beer that was first brewed in 1989 as a celebration of the bicentennial of the French Revolution. Anyone who does a search on the French Revolution on this … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Belgian Strong Ale, Huyghe
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Antoinette, Assembly, Bastille, beer, Belgian, dissolution, execution, French Revolution, Guillotine, La Guillotine, lace, Louis XVI, Marie, Maximilien, monastery, National, Reign, riots, Robespierre, Rome, storming, Terror, Tivoli
#60 – Abbaye d’Aulne Tripel Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % Another different Abbey beer brand – number 18 of the journey so far, but within the story of this one there is a nice ending which almost leaves this beer unique amongst Abbey beers. … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Val de Sambre
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey Beer, Augustinian, Aulne, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, brewery, Brune, Cistercian, de Smedt, Franco, French Revolution, Morveaux, ruin, St Landelinus, stable, Sur Lie, Tripel, Val de Sambre
#59 – Lindemans Faro
Size: 250 ml ABV: 4.8 % This is the first Faro of the Odyssey, and the Lindemans is probably the most well-known Faro with its black Art-Nouveau label. This particular one was first brewed by Lindemans in 1978, however it … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Lambic - Faro, Lindemans
Tagged as Art-Nouveau, beer, Belgian, Faro, Gueuze, Lambic, Lindemans, meertsbier, pasteurised, Rodenbach, sugar, sweet, Vimto
#58 – Cuvee li Crochon Blonde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6.8 % My final blonde of the night was Cuvee li Crochon Blonde – a little beer with a funky label, and another one from Couvin. The website which gives some information on the … Continue reading →
#57 – Hopduvel Blondine
Size: 250 ml ABV: 9 % While we are on the subject of blondes, it seems almost the perfect time to introduce the ‘blond/e beer’. When you have a beer called Blondine and a label with a beautiful blonde on … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Belgian Strong Ale, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Abdij, beer, Belgian, bleach, blond, Blondine, brunette, craft, Duvel, Golden Ale, Hopduvel, hoppy, Piraat, red wine, St. Feuillien, Tripel, van Roosenberg, Van Steenberge, white wine
#56 – Super des Fagnes Blonde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 7.5 % Beer #52 in Belgium, beers #53 and #54 in Luxembourg, beer #55 in Germany, and now beer #56 in Italy. We were clearly covering a fair bit of ground (or maybe I was drinking … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Ale, Brewers, Deer, Duck, Fagnes
Tagged as beer, Beers of Europe, Belgian, Belgium, blonde, cabin, Comptoir, Couvin, deposit, depositaire, Drankencentrale, Drankenhandel, Fagnes, Germany, Guide, Italy, Lake d'Iseo, Luxembourg, negociants, Super, supermarket, warehouse
#55 – Saint-Monon Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Our travels took us further today, deep into the heart of rural Germany. I still had a car full of Belgian beers so I was happy, although the only worry I had was keeping … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Dubbel, Horse, Pig, Saint-Monon
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Brune, Livestock, monk, Monon, Nassogne, pagan, Patron Saint, peas, Saint, Scottish, spear, tintinnabulum
#54 – Bon Secours Myrtille
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % While shopping for groceries in a small supermarket in Diekirch in Luxembourg, I spotted the Bon Secours Myrtille at a reassuringly tempting price. This looked interesting I thought, and so added it to the … Continue reading →
Filed under 3, Caulier, Fruit Beer
Tagged as beer, Belgian, bilberry, blueberry, Bon Secours, eyes, Fruit, Luxembourg, Myrtille, RAF, swing top
#53 – Villers Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5% This is my 53rd beer on this trip so far, and if I am not mistaken this is the 17th individual account of an Abbey. I feel like a bloody historian with a fetish for … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Huyghe
Tagged as Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Brussels, church, Cistercian, Clairvaux, French Revolution, monks, National Trust, Villers
#52 – Petit-Orval
Size: 330 ml ABV: 3.5 % Petit-Orval can only supposedly be bought in the L’Auberge de L’Ange Gardien (The Guardian Angel Inn) – the tavern owned by the Orval Monastery, and so that was where I headed while I drove … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Orval, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Ange Gardien, Angel, beer, Belgian, brewery tap, cheese, green, Guardian, inn, Luxembourg, monastery, Orval, Petit, Trappist
#51 – Abbaye de Forest
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % The light had begun to fade at the campsite after our late start, and it had started to get a little chilly. I dug around for my army jumper, pulled myself up to the … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Silly
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, Brasserie, Brussels, Couvin, Duvel, fire, Forest, French Revolution, Silly, Stella
#50 – Super des Fagnes Brune
Size: 250 ml ABV: 7.5 % I have reached a milestone. Just like the first beer (#1) when I started this pilgrimage, there is no great celebration to commemorate my 50th Belgian beer. Lets face it, Super des Fagnes Brune … Continue reading →
#49 – Chimay Doree
Size: on cask ABV: 4.8 % There are some beers that you can’t just buy from your local off-licence, or if you are lucky to live in or near Belgium, go pick up from your nearest Drankencentrum. Some you can’t … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Chimay, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Auberge, beer, Belgian, breakfast, brewery tap, cheese, Chimay, Dendermonde, Doree, Drankencentrum, golden, monks, Pater, Poteaupre, Scourmont, Tripel
#48 – Barbar Winter Bok
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % This was the last chance for a Barbar beer to redeem itself in my eyes – the darker version which is marketed as a brown ale that also contains 2.5% honey. The label suggests … Continue reading →
#47 – Dendermonde Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % If you take a good look at the label of the Dendermonde Tripel, you can see the stunningly gothic cathedral, but if you look closer you will make out the silhouette of a monk, … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, De Block
Tagged as abbess, Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Dendermonde, Eibingen, Hildegard, migraine, monk, music, mystic, Rupertsberg, Tripel, visions, von Bingen
